11% of Americans can't find the USA on a map

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Dissident
And Kudos for those who guessed that Reno is indeed west of Los Angeles California.

Was Reyjevak the correct answer for the western most European capitol? That was my guess. I just can't spell it. Icelanders and their strange language...

Well, on the map City G is the Furthest west, Whether it's Reno, NV or Juneau, AK.

ACK!

[dainbramaged13]

there was only one country from that funny shaped peninsula...
anyway 20/20

[Ramo]

17% of Americans know where Afghanistan is, and 58% know where al-Qaeda and the Taliban were based. So much for the idea of war teaching Americans geography (I wonder how bad those numbers were before 9/11 ).

[Shi Huangdi]

Well, incidently, I believe SD showed numbers showing 11% of Brits thought the USA was in the EU.

[Frozzy]

Originally posted by Ramo

17% of Americans know where Afghanistan is, and 58% know where al-Qaeda and the Taliban were based. So much for the idea of war teaching Americans geography (I wonder how bad those numbers were before 9/11 ).

I wouldn't even want to think about it...

[Aeson]

20/20... Knowlege of geography hasn't actually done me any good in my life other than test scores.

[Winston]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison

Originally posted by Winston

Bah! That totals much more than 100%, so this survey is obviously a scam.

Each of those categories are not mutually exclusive

No, but it seems that lately your posting pattern and your sense of humour are.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
Ehh isn't Detroit the murder capital of America? (or is thar Washington d.c.?)

"Welcome to the Motor City!

It's such a healthy place for all the boys and girls,

It's the murder capital of the world,

Uh huh!"

Ted Nugent (The Motor City Madman)

[Pekka]

Ari Rahikkala, I don't know.. I answered Buddhist for some reason. I knew that Christianity WAS the biggest some years ago, but somehow I thought it's the second biggest now. I really don't know why I thought this was the case.

[RGBVideo]

20 / 20. Then again, I have 6 National Geographic's posters on my room...

[Urban Ranger]

What's really hurting is all those people who don't know where Pacific Ocean is. The questions are multiple choice and you almost can't go wrong with them. Sad.

[Sinapus]

*sigh* Got 19/20, but then, I haven't paid much attention to religious demographics.

Hm. The test creators could have been a bit evil and made the range of choices for the "which number represents this nation" questions a cluster of numbers instead of ones all over the globe.

(Mainly because I almost picked Iran as Afghanistan until I looked a bit closer at the map and noticed I was not picking a landlocked nation. Plus the number representing Iran wasn't one of the choices.)

[Japher]

I just want to point out that America was "founded" by Europeans who were lost.

Maybe we are just carrying on the traditions of our forefathers. It's in our genes not to be able to read a map.

[Dis]

The British don't know where the pacific ocean is. What does that say about them? And to think they once had such a great navy...

[Method]

Originally posted by Japher
It's in our genes not to be able to read a map.

that's how you're trying to defend not being able to point out your own country on a map?